Nature, Choice and Social Power

Using case studies from different environmental domains - earth and water, air and fire - Nature, Choice and Social Power examines the form that social power takes and how it can harm the environment and hinder our efforts to act in our own best interests. The book shows how the power of individuals, the power of classes, the power of the market and the power of the state at different times and in different ways were critical to setting us on a path to environmental degradation. It also challenges conventional wisdoms about what we need to do now. Rather than reducing consumption and shrinking from outcomes we don't want, it proposes growing towards outcomes we do want. We invested massive resources in creating our problems; it will take equally large investments to fix them.

List of contents

Introduction: Nature, Choice and Social Power Part 1: Mining: Earth and Water 2. Mining Nature 3. Miners 4. Why is Gold Valuable? Part 2: The Car and Suburban Sprawl: Aie and Fire 5. Henry Ford's Car 6. Sprawl 7. Los Angeles: A brief biography Conclusion: Power, choice and nature

About the author

Erica Schoenberger is Professor of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Erica Schoenberger, Schoenberger Erica
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.2014
• EAN: 9780415833868
• ISBN: 978-0-415-83386-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, NATURE / Natural Resources, Sociology, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General, Anthropology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps, Politics & government, Environmental Economics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Social issues & processes, Political Economy, Politics and government, Social and ethical issues, Human Geography, Development Studies, Environmental science, engineering and technology